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Show Page A8 Thursday, November 12, 1987 Park Record (KDOKSDSy SIB33S Water improvement district proposed by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Summit County Commissioners heard a proposal Tuesday to create a special water system improvement improve-ment district in Summit Park, but were hesitant to get involved in such a large-scale plan. Representatives of Prudential-Bache Prudential-Bache Securities explained the proposal pro-posal to commissioners, saying the county would "act as an issuer for a bond for a special improvement district." The county has acted in this capacity recently for both the Atkinson and Timberline water system projects, which serve roughly 70 homes each. Summit Park's would be much larger, and would serve 320 residents. The commission was told it would act "strictly as a financial tool." Proponents of the plan said they had approached officials from state agencies including the Division of Water Resources, the Safe Drinking Department, and the Community Impact Board agencies which may be able to provide bonds at very affordable rates or act as subsidizes. sub-sidizes. "We're trying to spread the costs over a broad group plus get a subsidy from the state," the representatives said. Commission member Jim Soter agreed Summit Park should look for state assistance, saying the Division of Water Rights, in particular, "is very interested with the financial problems in Summit County. I think the time is right to ask for their HSriefs Fire commission has vacancy The Park City Fire Service District Commission has a vacancy, as Jean Buchanan is moving. The deadline for candidates to apply is noon Nov. 27, and interviews will be held at the commission meeting Dec. 2. Recommendations will be taken to the Summit County Commission Dec. 8, and the county commission will make the appointment. S.R. 35 is closed for winter The gates have closed for the winter on S.R. 35 from the end of the pavement at Woodland over Wolf Creek to the North Fork of the Duchesne River, according accor-ding to the Utah Department of Transportation. Motorists who go around barricades and use the roads do so at their own risk, for UDOT neither plows nor patrols the roads once closed, the department depart-ment advises. Grand jury is possibility Summit County announces a hearing will be held Friday, Dec. 11 to decide whether there is reason to empanel a grand jury. District court judge Homer F. Wilkinson will sit and hear in secret all persons per-sons calming information which might justify forming a grand jury. People so appearing will be placed under oath and examined by the judge at the hearing. hear-ing. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether reasonable cause exists to call a grand jury to "inquire into public offenses and malfeasance in office allegedly committed within the county." The county reminds those who might be interested that "it is not the purpose of such hearing to hear and consider conuo"ories between individual parties." par-ties." The hearing is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. in the judge's chambers of the Summit County Courts Building. f Soter appointed to group investigating ski jump plan Summit County Commission member Jim Soter Tuesday was appointed to sit on a panel investigating the feasibility of constructing Olympic-style ski jumping facilities here. Park City Mayor Hal Taylor will represent the city on the same panel. The commission was informed of efforts to develop such facilities last month when it was told the county has "a unique opportunity" to develop them here by the chairman of the Utah Olympic Bid Committee, Tom Welch. Parkite Jack Turner is also behind the efforts. He has said the county should look into developing complete, multi-use facilities capable of hosting international interna-tional events. The county would then be one of the few areas in the world that would have every Olympic ski venue in one small geographic area. Extinguish fires safely help," he said. If the commission approves the project, a protest hearing will be held in January. If created, bids for construction would be called and building would ensue from June 1 to Nov. 1. Estimated construction costs are between $2.5 and $3 million. The representatives hope to get the commission's support so they don't have to go through any more winters of bad water, water shortages shor-tages and fire hazards. The present water system is nearly 30 years old, the representatives pointed out. One reason commissioners were reluctant to support the idea is because Summit Park has not yet obtained water rights, which could come from the developer's shares or Weber Basin rights. If the developer's shares were purchased, that would cost another $500,000. "Before I would go along with this you would have to have water rights from Weber Basin approved by the state engineer, or have (the developer's) rights," said commission commis-sion chairman Tom Flinders. But Fred Duberow, representing Summit Sum-mit Park, noted the state engineer presently has a moratorium on approving ap-proving more water rights for the Snyderville Basin area. He did, however, say it would be worth the asking to see if the engineer would lift the moratorium in this case. County treasurer, Glen Thompson, Thomp-son, was concerned that such a project pro-ject would create "a 20-year impact to my office" which might require him to hire additional help. Although he admitted a good water system in Summit Park is necessary, he asked proponents of the plan to be clear about all the impacts. "I think the impacts have been understated substantially, and I don't want to walk in the clouds here. It will impact other offices too," he said, citing the recorder's office as an example. But the Prudential-Bache representatives responded that they had "no intention" of underestimating the impacts. "This is not cheap to fix ; these people have a serious problem," said one proponent. propo-nent. Commission chairman Tom Flinders told the group, "we haven't done a project of this magnitude this is a big one and it scares me. I don't want to hurry the process. I want to see the project work but I want to see it work right." The group's final pitch to the commission com-mission was based on the problem regarding the area's short construction construc-tion season. "We need to do preparatory things and need to get the designing done so that we can start the construction," one individual in-dividual said. Still another added, "the 320 residents up there don't even have guarantee of services. We're at the mercy of everything here." Commission member Ron Robinson Robin-son said he didn't want to move ahead with approving the bond until consulting the county attorney's office, of-fice, and Flinders added he would like to have the state engineer send the commission a letter, saying water rights would be available. The earliest the commission would adopt a resolution supporting the formation of a district would be two weeks. Weber Canyon development will be discussed Nov. 24 The Summit County Planning Commission is hosting a public meeting Nov. 24 to obtain citizens' opinions on the future development of Weber Canyon. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Summit County Courthouse, 60 N. Main St., Coalville. Interested groups, individuals and property owners are encouraged to attend. by the PARK CITY FIRE SERVICE DISTRICT When a fire starts, it is usually small enough to put out quickly. Having the proper portable fire extinguisher ex-tinguisher and knowing how and when to use it can be important. The Park City Fire Service District provides the following hints on purchasing and using a fire extinguisher: ex-tinguisher: Most fire extinguishers operate this way: 1. Pull the lock and pin. 2. Aim at the base of the flames. 3. Squeeze the handle. 4. Sweep back and forth over the burning area. The contents of most extinguishers ex-tinguishers lasts less than 30 to 60 seconds. Aim carefully. Fire extinguishers are meant to fight only small fires (no bigger around than a trash can). Fighting too large a fire can be dangerous. Whenever a fire occurs, get everyone out first and call the fire department. Then use your extinguisher ex-tinguisher if the fire is still small enough. 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